JavaScript Dropdown Menu - HTML5 Responsive Sub Menu Control
- Built-in support for Success, Warning, Info, and Danger button styles.
- Automatic collision detection and handling with pop-up menu flip-and-fit.
- Quick configuration for popup menu item customization.
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Overview
The JavaScript Dropdown Menu is a graphical user interface control that lets users choose from a list of actions that can be triggered. It has built-in support for icons and their positioning, various sizes, separators, RTL, and UI customization.
Dropdown Button size
You can make use of different dropdown button sizes (default and small).
Menu items with icons
Users tend to perceive visual information better than text. The JavaScript Dropdown Menu has built-in options to include an icon to the left or above the text, or provide an icon-only button.
Popup menu
The JavaScript dropdown popup menu is a toggleable container that holds a list of action items or custom content that will open or close when the button is clicked. You can customize all the items in a JavaScript Drop Down Menu.
Menu divider and separator
You can use a horizontal line separator to represent similar action items as a group within the list of available items.
Icon-only Dropdown Button
You can make use of the icon-only Dropdown Button without button text.
Dropdown Menu position
Customize position values to display the JavaScript Dropdown Menu above, to the right, or to the left of the dropdown button.
UI Customization
You can customize the JavaScript Dropdown Button size, appearance, and feel. The dropdown menu popup element is completely customizable.
Dropdown Button without arrow icon
You can configure a Drop Down Button in JavaScript to open the popup menu without the arrow icon.
Popup menu with multilevel submenu
You can configure context menu control to add submenu items in JavaScript Dropdown Menu.
Other supported frameworks
The Dropdown Menu component is also available in Blazor, React, Angular, and Vue frameworks. Check out the different Dropdown Menu platforms from the links below,
Web accessibility
- Fully supportsWAI-ARIA accessibility to work with screen readers and assistive devices.
- FollowsWAI-ARIA best practices for implementing keyboard interaction.
- FollowsWCAG 2.0 standards in the design of UI element visuals such as foreground color, background color, line spacing, text and images.
- Supports right-to-left (RTL) text direction for users working in right-to-left languages like Hebrew, Arabic, or Persian.
Developer-friendly APIs
In JavaScript Dropdown Menu, you have control over all the UI elements and their behaviors. It provides the best user experience to users through a rich set of developer-friendly APIs.
JavaScript Dropdown Menu Code Example
Easily get started with the Drop down Menu in JavaScript using a few simple lines of HTML and TS code example as demonstrated below. Also explore ourJavaScript Dropdown Menu Example that shows you how to render and configure a Drop down Menu in JavaScript.
<divclass="control-section"><div><!--Element which is going to render--><buttonid="element">Clipboard</button></div></div>
import{DropDownButton,ItemModel}from'@syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons';//Initialize action items.letitems:ItemModel[]=[{text:'Cut'},{text:'Copy'},{text:'Paste'}];// Initialize DropDownButton component.letdrpDownBtn:DropDownButton=newDropDownButton({items:items});// Render initialized DropDownButton.drpDownBtn.appendTo('#element');
Not sure how to create your first Javascript Drop Down Menu? Our documentation can help.
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Frequently Asked Questions
✅ Why should you choose Syncfusion JavaScript DropDown Menu?
The Syncfusion JS DropDown Menu provides the following features:
- A graphical user interface control that lets users to select from a list of actions.
- One of the best JavaScript Dropdown Menus in the market that offers a feature-rich UI.
- The dropdown Menu has built-in options to include an icon to the left or above the text.
- It contains a popup menu, menu divider, and separator.
Highly customizable interface using aSimple configuration and APIs.
Follows the webaccessibility standards and best practices for implementing keyboard interaction.
- Supports all modern browsers.
- Responsive and touch friendly on mobile devices.
Extensivedemos anddocumentation to learn quickly and get started with the JavaScript Dropdown Menu.
✅ Where can I find the Syncfusion JavaScript DropDownMenu demo?
You can find ourJavaScript DropDownMenu demo, which demonstrates how to render and configure DropDown Menu.
✅ Can I download and utilize the Syncfusion JavaScript DropDown Menu for free?
No, this is a commercial product and requires a paid license. However, afree community license is also available for companies and individuals whose organizations have less than $1 million USD in annual gross revenue, 5 or fewer developers, and 10 or fewer total employees.
✅ How do I get started with Syncfusion JavaScript DropDown Menu?
A good place to start would be our comprehensivegetting started documentation.
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